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CONTENTS

Unit 1: Orientation towards Technical Education
Structure of Technical Education System - Formal, Informal and Non formal
Education- Types of Technical Institutes - ITIs, Polytechnics, Engineering colleges,
Universities, INI - National Agencies - MHRD, AICTE, UGC, NITTTR, DTE - Quality in
Higher Education - Models and Criteria - NBA, NAAC - Excellence in Technical Education.

Unit 2: Three Domains of Learning
Domains of Learning - Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor - Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy -
Cognitive Processes dimension and Knowledge Dimension.

Unit 3: Instructional Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Goals and Objectives - Mager’s Behavioral Objectives and Gronlund’s General and Specific
Cognitive Objectives- Writing well defined Instructional Objectives - Mapping the Objectives in Two
dimensional Matrix of Knowledge Dimension and Cognitive Process- Writing Learning outcomes for
all domains of learning.

Unit 4: Learning and Instruction
Basics of Psychology of Learning and Instruction - Pedagogy, Andragogy,Teaching,Training,Learning;
Teaching Learning Process-Basic Teaching Model,Factors Influencing Learning,Transfer of Learning,
Laws of Learning, Principles of Teaching and Learning.
Unit 5: Learner Characteristics and Motivation
Student Characteristics - Student Motivation - Four pillars of learning proposed by UNESCO- learning
to know, learning to do, learning to be and learning to live together.

Unit 6: Alternative modes of Learning
Role of Teacher in 21st Century, Millennial Learners - Learning Principles, Introduction to Multimedia
Learning, e-learning, Blended Learning and Flipped Learning, Active Learning strategies.

Unit 7: Aspects of Curriculum
Concept of Curriculum- Attributes of Curriculum -Types of Curriculum - Interpreting the Curriculum
-Teacher’s Curriculum - Curriculum and Instruction - Co-curricular and Extra curricular

Unit 8: Curriculum Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
Steps involved in the Process of Curriculum Development- Curriculum Implementation - Monitoring
and Evaluation - Need for co-relating knowledge to professional practice, research & development

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